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• Newsmax Eric Mack on x

  House Bans WhatsApp on Staff Devices Amid Threat

• @marypcbuk Mary Branscombe on bluesky

  OK, second biggest laugh of the day that Meta's data hoovering is SO BAD that they're recommending Teams over What's App (or Signal, iMessage, FaceTime or the AWS E2E no one has ever heard of) [embedded post]

• @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky

  “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use.”  —  This follows Iran's ban on WhatsApp.  —  www.axios.com/2…

• @andymstone Andy Stone on x

  Messages on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted by default, meaning only the recipients and not even WhatsApp can see them. This is a higher level of security than most of the apps on the CAO's approved list that do not offer that protection.

• @andymstone Andy Stone on x

  We disagree with the House Chief Administrative Officer's characterization in the strongest possible terms. We know members and their staffs regularly use WhatsApp and we look forward to ensuring members of the House can join their Senate counterparts in doing so officially.

• @ridt Thomas Rid on x

  It looks like *not* having AI integration in some products and platforms is turning into a competitive privacy and security feature—U.S. House of Representatives bans WhatsApp https://www.axios.com/...

• @jakewilkns Jake Wilkins on x

  Scoop: House staffers can't have WhatsApp on their government devices, per @AndrewSolender https://www.axios.com/...

• @andrewsolender Andrew Solender on x

  NEW: The House has banned the use of WhatsApp on official devices. CAO says the ban is “due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use.” @Axios https://www.axios.com/...

• r/technology r on reddit

  WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices